"All right," spoke Alexander, "Ascot has a bolt of starfire ready for the device once the havoc starts, but you'll have to keep him close to you, Mr. Tra'cha."

"You're just going to leave me like that?" spoke the boy. "But, yes, if I can get close enough to the device when the operation begins, I can destroy it. Another idea, though, would be to have Alexis rig the device to destroy itself anyway..."

Alexander began counting the minutes again...

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